Malta Session 42: 07/12/2018 Into the Deep Vault, Defeat of the Occupiers, and Bugibba on the Mend

We catch up to our characters shortly after our first two encounters with Lete questioning Usage the cleric of Ahriman, god of lord of destruction and nihilism; about the location of Kakakombi, the enemy of Brudiphan, as well as the location of several other people of important from other cities. Meanwhile Lex uses a healing wand on the injured preparing us for the next battle. Usage continues by telling us the vaults are guarded by Bridiphan's guards and that he Usage, could be of use to us. He has no love for the occupiers. The cleric also tells our characters there is another in charge besides Brudiphan, and that individual is Rayit.

We start to formulate a plan: Lex indicates he wants to use the scroll Ta'Tabibu gave as the item he originally wanted from the vault, the name on the scroll is Shapash.

With Lex disguised as a Tengu he gains access to the Vaut and has a brief interaction with tengu who are practicing their disguises into Metas but before long Lex is discovered as an enemy and combat ensues.

Eventually, we dimension door into the inner vault and encounter a large soul ripping mirror in which Jabari and Lex fell victim. The remaining characters confront Rait and a new round of Shitans. Jabari and Lex and Usage were immediately feebleminded; Lete was then later murdered by physiological killer from Rayit.

After several gresum rounds Marco receives a name from Jabari’s bonded cloak- the name of the spirit and in his last words utters the name. This spirt was the crafter of the great soul ripping mirror, which at one time also belonged to an Egyptian pharaoh.

Rayit managed to escape, the spirit of the vault seemingly going after the woman.

Marco manages to survive and revives Carlo. Together they search around and find a mystical Rod of Vicious Ghosts that can and is used to travel to the mirror realm. Here Marco is able to retrieve the other characters, as well as the priestess Kakakombi, Hatkim, Bohenist, and unknown individuals we don’t immediately recognize as well as the real Rayit.

It is unknown what happened to the impostor Rayit, but eventually the spirit returns to the Rod; it is this Rod that Ta'Tabibu wanted. Eventually recognized as a citizen and bearer of the Rod and master of the mirror. 

By now the diversionary attack does reach us and Taboo is eventually given the Rod artifact. Meanwhile the battalion retrieves us and get us hastily out of Bugibba and onto the Bonded Mind.

Over the next week Bugibba would experience a transition back to the old ways- before the Babylonian occupiers. The city will arrange healing and the druids will arrive to heal and restore the characters. In the weeks that follow stories will spread across Malta and at the end of two weeks we are ready to disembark to Ghallis Rock and Ta' Fraben Island.

It should be noted that no recovered items were detailed nor was experience calculated from the Vault rescue.